The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Kvarner

a strait between the Istrian Peninsula and the island of Cres in the northern Adriatic Sea. Kvarner connects the Gulf of Rijeka with the open part of the Adriatic Sea. Length, approximately 50 km; width, 5–28 km; depth, to 51 m. There is fishing in the strait.

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On investment, Reiner highlighted Rijeka, the country's largest seaport bordering the Kvarner Gulf in the Adriatic Sea.

'Croatia can help two Koreas normalize relations'

Sunseekers flock to Split or Dubrovnik, little realising that just a stone's throw away in the Kvarner Gulf there's a collection of picturesque islands boasting history and culture, just begging to be added to the holiday repertoire.

Island hopping in the sun; KIRSTIE MCCRUM takes an island-hopping break off the coast of Croatia

But not many people realise that just a stone's throw away in the Kvarner Gulf there's a collection of picturesque islands boasting both history and culture and begging to be added to the holiday repertoire.

Be amazed by the Adriatic; It's not all about Split and Dubrovnik, whatever the brochures may suggest. KIRSTIE MCCRUM takes an island-hopping break off the coast of Croatia

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